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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418875 | Tension measuring method and apparatus for chain A tension measuring apparatus and method for a chain by which tension applied to the chain is correctly and reproducibly measured is disclosed and claimed. A tension measuring method for a chain (10) comprising a pair of right and left inner plates (11... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367558 | Machine for processing printing material sheets A machine for processing printing material sheets has a signal generator for position monitoring and a sheet delivery. The sheet delivery has a first conveying device, for example with a holding crossmember, for leading sheet ends and a second conveying device, for ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325667 | Systems and methods for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer Systems, methods, and devices for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer, for example, a tunnel-type automatic washer are provided. The systems and methods employ conveyors, for example, belt conveyors, gantry-type conveyors, and shuttle-... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325669 | Measuring device for conveyor chain A conveyor system includes a conveyor line, a conveyor chain movable along the conveyor line, and an electronic device located at a movable component that moves with the chain along the conveyor line. The electronic device may comprise a locating device operable to ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7245988 | Garment inventory management system A laundry inventory management system comprises several components in combination. A structure has a computer system with a program to store data with the computer being coupled to an electrical source. A pair of trolley rails with each rail having a set of indicia ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7178661 | Overhead conveyer with high friction drive tube An overhead rotatably powered conveyer drive shaft has ridges inter-engaged with skewed driven wheels mounted for free rotation on a load carrying carriage to trace a helical loci of engagement and improve traction. The ridges are preferably extruded to be parallel.... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137309 | High precision gas bearing split-axis stage for transport and constraint of large flat flexible media during processing A modular split-axis stage is used to inspect and/or repair large flat glass media suitable for LCD/TFT applications. Low-precision air table sections are detachably mounted to a centrally located, high-precision granite inspection/repair section. Glass media held b... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133742 | Device and method for processing slaughter animals and/or parts thereof provided with a transportation system A device for processing slaughter animals or parts thereof, for example poultry, comprises a transport system with an endless track and a chain of chain elements which can be moved along the track, wherein a plurality of chain elements are set up as carriers to carr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6847859 | Method for locating articles on a support plane A method of locating articles on a carrier plane on the basis of data obtained by a relative movement extending in a transport direction parallel to the carrier plane between a scanning plane and the articles and by repeatedly carrying out a total scan of the positi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6711461 | Object and method for accessing of articles for reliable knowledge of article positions An apparatus such as a large scale sorter with peripheral devices associated therewith and including a transport path has sensors arranged along portions of the path and software objects respectively associated with each sensor and with each other in a tracking chai... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6577925 | Apparatus and method of distributed object handling A modular object handling system has a multi-level control architecture, which includes a system controller that coordinates the functions and/or operations of individual module controllers, that in turn control corresponding actuators, to provide a desir... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6508353 | Conveyor and plant for baling paper pulp Conveyor systems are disclosed including a chain conveyor for carrying a predetermined load, a frame for the chain conveyor, a track, wheels for supporting the frame for movement along the track from a predetermined reference position, the chain conveyor ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6497320 | Conveyor A conveyor has a rotary encoder for measuring the amount of rotation of a driven sprocket having an intermittently drivable chain reeved therearound, and a processor for processing the measurement obtained by the encoder as operation support operating dat... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6413481 | Sterilization tunnel A sterilization tunnel for pharmaceutical containers such as vials has an inlet zone, a sterilization zone, and a cooling zone. A conveyor belt for the vials is disposed inside the sterilization tunnel. An emptying device that can be raised and lowered is... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6308110 | Apparatus and method of distributed object handling A modular object handling system has a multi-level control architecture, which includes a system controller that coordinates the functions and/or operations of individual module controllers, that in turn control corresponding actuators, to provide a desir... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6286656 | Apparatus for measuring length of accumulated packages A method and apparatus for palletizing rectangular packages received in random size and weight. A "corner"-based modeling system is used to assist in evaluating possible placements of packages accumulated on a line conveyor, and a placement evaluation pro... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6120604 | Powder coating painting apparatus with universal modular line control A conveyor system for transporting parts through a plurality of processing areas. The conveyor system comprises a plurality of conveyors, each of the conveyors for transporting parts through an associated one of the processing areas. Each of the conveyors... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6076654 | Glass container handling system Glass containers are transferred from the dead plates of a forming machine of the I.S. type to an adjacent machine conveyor by 90° sweepouts, each of which is powered by an a.c. servo motor. The machine conveyor, which is also powered by an a.c. servo mo... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5957263 | Apparatus for correcting for wear of a conveyor belt An apparatus and method for correcting for wear of links of a conveyor belt, resulting in inaccurate triggering based, on encoder pulses, of events downstream from a part registration sensor. The wear causes lengthening of the links, which the invention m... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5927475 | Automatic system for detecting the position of items loaded on a conveyor belt and the conveyor belt for actuation of the process This invention concerns an operating system with relevant actuation plant for automatically detecting the loading position of a clothing item previously identified and loaded at random at any of the loading stations of a conveyor belt.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5906262 | Positioning control system for a non-contacting magnetic conveyor system A positioning control system is used to control the stoppage of a conveyed article stably and with good repeatability with a magnetic conveyor system element on the receiving side when a conveyed article is passed between magnetic conveyor device elements... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5884747 | Method and an arrangement for identifying and finding a gripper in a gripping conveyor for printed products A method and arrangement for identifying and finding the grippers of a gripping conveyor used to transport printed products. The gripping conveyor is divided into a number of sections wherein the length of each section is sufficiently short to enable leng... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5810154 | Low actuation force article sensor for conveyor An article sensor for use with a conveyor having an article conveying surface includes a sensing member, a pivot which pivotally mounts the sensing member to pivot about a horizontal axis, and a bias which biases the sensing member above the conveying sur... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5441143 | Method and apparatus for arranging fiber bales in a single row in preparation for a fiber tuft detaching operation An apparatus for arranging fiber bales to form a first, operational bale row in preparation for detaching fiber tufts by a bale opener. The apparatus has a conveying device for receiving fiber bales thereon in a second, standby row; a transporting device ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5413212 | System and method for automatic correction of pusher position after power loss A system and method for correcting position of a pusher member after power loss to a motor controlling the pusher includes a pusher transport having at least one pusher member mounted to belt and a controller for controlling the pusher transport. A motor ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5397540 | System for injecting fluid into spaced containers moving at variable speeds A system for injecting liquid into containers moving through an inspection station at variable speeds without spilling liquid over the outside of, or between, the containers for inspecting the containers for the presence of certain substances such as pote... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5379027 | Oriented strand board product detecting apparatus using proximity sensor A proximity sensor adapted to sense the presence of metal is located in a processing system for producing pressed board product, such as oriented strand board (OSB), or the like, at a position to detect the presence or absence of product on a metal transf... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5335777 | Method and apparatus for belt conveyor load tracking A method of and apparatus for tracking data associated with a load being conveyed on a belt conveyor between a source station including a source station load sensor and a destination station including a destination station load sensor includes the steps o... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5325155 | Controlling the speed of an image-bearing member using relative states A method and apparatus for controlling the relative states between a rotating load member driven by a motor via a transmission where the velocity and position of the rotating load member are determined and the velocity and position of the motor are determ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5295571 | Method for continuously controlling an endless band and machine for carrying out this method An apparatus and method for continuously controlling an endless belt, the belt being driven at a constant rate around at least two rollers spaced apart from each other, marking the belt while it is being driven to obtain successive marks and measuring dis... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5232082 | Pinless belt feeder This invention relates to a device for volumetric flow control of particulate and fiber-like materials, specifically tobacco. More particularly, this invention relates to an apparatus having a contractible chute or a tilting conveyor. The discharge end of... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5231919 | Conveyor belt for dough ball pressing apparatus An improvement in a dough ball pressing apparatus in which the continuous conveyor belt is provided with metal strips at predetermined spaced locations along each edge of the conveyor belt and a pair of proximity switches are positioned on the apparatus a... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5147169 | Automated envelope handling system By providing a pair of vacuum manifolds positioned on opposite sides of an envelope travel path with the vacuum manifolds being laterally spaced apart, a unique, effective and dependable envelope handling system is achieved whereby the envelope sides are ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5143201 | Carrier assembly A carrier assembly is adapted to releasably support hooked members for supporting articles to be conveyed. Each carrier assembly has a frame and several integral biasing and latch members, each pivotally supported on the frame by a pin member. Each pin me... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4986797 | XY positioning apparatus A positioning apparatus is disclosed which in one embodiment includes two orthogonal tracks, each having a rail, and a carriage coupled to the tracks and having pulleys in frictional engagement with the rails. Rotation of the pulleys causes the carriage a... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4891568 | Servo motor system for transportation A servo motor system for a transportation line with the travel distance of the article predetermined and with a relatively low positioning accuracy. Basically, the system is constructed as an incremental servo motor system in which an incremental movement... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4832181 | Tracking system The cavity tracking system employs a tracking station adjacent a screw feed with closely spaced sensors which operate on a first-in first-out memory manner. When a container passes the first sensor the actual encoder "count" obtained at that time is compa... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4793466 | Device for detecting a sheet of glass The invention relates to a device for detecting sheets of glass. An essentially mechanical device constituted by a detector finger which is tilted by the leading edge of a sheet of glass, then concealed by the action of a jack to allow the sheet of glass ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4738022 | Vehicle assembling-and-feeding system A vehicle assembling-and-feeding system comprises an engine/suspension feeding line which travels through an engine assembly line and a first suspension assembly line for assembling one of front and rear suspensions to feed the engine and said one suspens... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4607338 | Misgrip detection control system for use in a transfer press A misgrip detection control system for detecting unholding or misgrip of a workpiece from a transfer bar in a press. The system comprises a workpiece memory circuit for storing electrically data indicating whether a workpiece is in position of a corresponding ... | 08/19/1986 |
